Kat I can't quote a source, but will someone please correct me if there hasn't been a large fall in the nimber of smokers in the Western World in the past 20 years. Every relevant news article has certainly given me this impression.
Mark, once again I don't have an official source but I've been reading in Denmark for the last ten years that the number of kids with allergies has increased on a very large scale.
I KNOW that it's bad for a kids health to smoke around him of her but I believe that the permanent psychological damage done to maybe 20 per cent of children by parents that are unable to cope with life is a much more important issue.
I also believe that there will always be people who will projecting all their fears and negative thoughts outwards towards some thing or people in society. This used to manifest itself for example in witch hunting and, in my opinion, in the beliefs of some of the most extreme anti-smokers.